Worken

Chinese robotics firm AGIBOT introduced Worken, a proposed measure of productive robot work, at its AGIBOT Innovation Day 2026 event. The company is positioning the metric as a standard way to quantify how much useful work robots perform, an increasingly relevant question as humanoid and industrial robots move into real-world deployment.

Chinese robotics firm AGIBOT used its Innovation Day 2026 event to launch the Worken productivity framework alongside new robot platforms, presenting the moves as a step toward bringing humanoid robots to commercial scale. The announcement is being covered by technology analysts tracking the race among humanoid robot makers to move from demos to deployable industrial and workplace products.